Three Dead, Hundreds Injured After Explosions Near Marathon Finish

Manhunt Closes Several Boston Colleges

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Officials stands guard at Massachusetts Institute of Technology following reports of a shooting, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston. State police say a campus police officer at the school has suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting on the campus outside Boston. State police spokesman Dave Procopio says the shooting took place about 10:30 p.m. outside an MIT building. The injured officer was described as a male but no further information about him was released. The city continues to cope following Monday's explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Updated at 11:18 AM EDT on Friday, Apr 19, 2013

A massive manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and an overnight shootout that killed an MIT officer have led several Boston area colleges to close for the day.

Boston College, Boston University, Berklee, Emerson College, Harvard University MIT Northeastern University and UMass Boston and Wentworth Institute of Technology are among the schools closed for the day in a city that is home to dozens of colleges and universities.

BC is closed and classes are cancelled until further notice. Police tell students to stay indoors. Check www.bc.edu/bcinfo,” an alert from BC says.

BU advises all students to stay inside and attentive to news developments. “BU police will be patrolling the campus and monitoring the situation. Updates will follow as information becomes available. Please monitor BU Today for more information,” an alert from BU says.

Northeastern’s campus is safe and unaffected by the overnight incidents in Cambridge and Watertown, according to the school, but the closure of the MBTA and need for residents of many surrounding communities to stay home has prompted the school to close today, a statement from Northeastern says. https://www.facebook.com/northeastern

UMass’s Web site says the campus is closed because of the MBTA shutdown and law enforcement action.